Unit

56 get
g et + noun = receive, buy, find etc

you g et it

you d o n 't h a ve something you h a ve it

O I g o t an email from Sam this morning. (= receive)

O I like your sweater. Where did you get it? (= buy)
O It's hard to g et a job at the moment? (= find)
O 'Is Lisa here?' 'Yes, I'll get her for you.'

also get a b u s / a tra in / a ta x i (= take a bus/train etc.):

O 'Did you walk here?' 'No, I g o t the bus.'

g et h u n g ry / g et c o ld / g et tire d etc. (get + adjective) - become:

you g et h u n g ry

you're n o t h u n g ry ^ you a re h u n g ry

O If you don't eat, you g et h u n g ry.

O Drink your coffee. It's g e ttin g co ld .
I'm sorry your mother is ill. I hope she g ets b e tte r soon.
O It was raining very hard. We didn't have an umbrella, so we g o t very w et.

also get m a rrie d O Nicola and Frank are g e ttin g m a r r ie d soon.

get d re sse d (= put your clothes on) O I got up and g o t d re sse d quickly.
get lo st (= lose your way) O We didn't have a map, so we g o t lost.

g et to a place = arrive:
O I usually g et to w o r k before 8.30. (= arrive at work)
O We left London at 10 o'clock and g o t to M a n c h e s t e r
at 12.45.

g et h e re /th e re (without to):

O How did you get here? By bus? g et to

get h o m e (w ithout to):

O W hat time did you g et h o m e last night?

get in /o u t/o n /o ff

get in (a car) get o u t (o f a car) g et o n g et o ff

(a bus / a train / a plane)

O Kate g o t in th e c a r and drove away. (You can also say: Kate got in to the car and ...)
O A car stopped and a man g o t o ut. (but A man got out o f th e car.)
O We g o t o n th e b u s outside the hotel and g o t o ff in Church Street.

122 ( get to -» Unit 108 in/out/on/off -» Units 110,114 get up -» Unit 114 get o n -» Appendix 6
Exercises
Complete these sentences. Use get/gets and choose from the box.

a doctor a lot of rain a taxi my em ail the job

a good salary a new laptop a ticket some milk your boots

1 Did y o u Q etm yem a\\ ? | sent it a week ago.

2 Where did y o u ? They're very nice.
3 Quick! This man is ill. We need t o ................................................................................................
4 I don't want to walk home. Let's................................................................................................
5 Tom has an interview tomorrow. I hope h e ................................................................................................
6 When you go to the shop, can y o u ............................................................................................... ?
7 'Are you going to the concert?' 'Yes, if I c a n ................................................................................................'
8 Helen has got a well-paid job. S h e ................................................................................................
9 The weather is horrible here in winter. W e ................................................................................................
10 I'm going t o ................................................................................................. The one I have is too slow.

Complete these sentences. Use getting + these words:

cold dark late married ready

1 Drink your coffee. It's g^tt|ng.cpjd......

2 Turn on the light. It's................................................................................................
3 'I'm ............................................................................................... next week.' 'Really? Congratulations!'
4 'Where's Karen?' 'She's............................................................................................... to go out.'
5 It's It's time to go home.

Complete the sentences. Use get/gets/got + these words:

angry better hungry lost married old wet

1 If you don't eat, y o u g e t hungry......

2 Don't go out in the rain. Yo u'll................................................................................................
3 My brother................................................................................................last year. His wife's name is Sarah.
4 M ark is always very calm. He never................................................................................................
5 We tried to find the hotel, but w e ................................................................................................
6 Everybody wants to stay young, but we a ll................................................................................................
7 Yesterday the weather wasn't so good at first, but i t .................................................................................
during the day.

Write sentences with I le ft ... and got to . . . .

1 home / 7.30 —> work / 8.15
I k f t .h p m ^ .........................................................................
2 London /10.15 —> Bristol /11.45
I left London at 10.15 a n d ...........................................................................................................................................
3 the party /11.15 —> home / midnight

4 Write a sentence about yourself.

I le ft............................................................

g g Write got in / got out of / got on / got off.

1 K a te g o t .in the car and drove away.
2 I ................................................................the bus and walked to my house from the bus stop.
3 Isabel.............................................................. the car, shut the door and went into a shop.
4 I made a stupid mistake. I .............................................................. the wrong train.
Unit
57 do and make
Do is a general word for actions:
O W hat are you doing this evening? (not W hat are you making?)
O 'Shall I open the window?' 'No, it's O K. I'll do it.'
O Rachel's job is very boring. She does the same thing every day.
I did a lot of things yesterday.

W hat do you do? = What's your job?:

O 'What do you do?' 'I work in a bank.'

Make = produce/create. For example:

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She's making coffee. He has made a cake. They make umbrellas. It was made in China.

I Compare do and make:

I did a lot yesterday. I cleaned my room, I wrote some letters and I made a cake.
a : W hat do you do in your free time? Sport? Reading? Hobbies?
b: I make clothes. I make dresses and jackets. I also make toys for my children.

Expressions with do

an exam / a test O I'm doing my driving test next week.

a course o John has just done a training course.

do
homework o O ur children have to do a lot of homework.
housework o I hate doing housework, especially cleaning.
somebody a favour o Sue, could you do me a favour?
an exercise o I go for a run and do exercises every morning.

also do the shopping / do the washing / do the washing-up / do the ironing / do the cooking etc.
O I did the washing but I didn't do the shopping.

Expressions with make

a mistake O I'm sorry, I made a mistake.

an appointment O I need to make an appointment to see the doctor.

make
a phone call O Excuse me, I have to make a phone call.
a list o Have you made a shopping list?
a noise o It's late. Don't make a noise.
a bed o Sometimes I forget to make my bed in the morning.

We say make a film but take a photo / take a picture:

When was this film made?
but O When was this photo taken?

124 ( do/does/did (negatives and questions) ■» Units 43-44 make somebody do something Unit 53 )
Exercises
Write make/making/made or do/doing/did/done.
1 'Shall I open the window?' 'No, it's O K. I'll do it.'
2 W hat did y o u ........................................ at the weekend? Did you go away?
3 Do you know how t o ........................................ bread?
4 Paper is .........................................from wood.
5 Richard didn't help me. He sac in an armchair a n d ........................................ nothing.
6 'W hat do y o u ?' 'I’m a doctor.'
7 I asked you to clean the bathroom. Have y o u .......................................it?
8 'W hat do th e y ........................................ in that factory?’ 'Shoes.'
9 I'm some coffee. W ould you like some?
10 W hy are you angry with me? I didn’t ........................................ anything wrong.
11 ‘W hat are y o u ........................................ tom orrow afternoon?' 'I'm working.'

G9 W hat are these people doing?

1 He's m akings, ca
ke. 6
2 T h e y ........................................................................................... 7
3 H e ............................................................................................... 8
4 ....................................................................................................... 9
5 10
Write make or do in the correct form.
1 I h a te doing housework, especially cleaning.
2 W hy do you alw ays........................................ the same mistake?
3 ‘Can y o u ........................................ me a favour?’ ‘It depends what it is.’
4 'Have y o u ........................................ your homework?’ 'Not yet.'
5 I need to see the dentist, but I haven't........................................ an appointment.
6 I'm ........................................ a course in photography at the moment. It’s very good.
7 The last time I ........................................ an exam was ten years ago.
8 How many phone calls did y o u .......................................yesterday?
9 W hen you've finished Exercise 1, you c a n .........................................Exercise 2.
10 There's something wrong with the car. The engine is a strange noise.
11 It was a bad mistake. It was the worst mistake I've e ve r.........................................
12 Let's........................................ a list of all the things we have t o ........................................today.